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<p>When this passerby is faced with a moral dilemma, he asks <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/offmychestthroawau/">Reddit:</a></p><h2>&quot;AITA for not helping a child when they fell over?&quot;</h2><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/offmychestthroawau/">offmychestthroaway</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>Today I (19m) was waiting for my girlfriend at our local park, I was waiting on a bench looking at ducks in the pond when a child right in front of me off his scooter (probably 6) fell over.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I laughed, not out loud, the child was crying being dramatic when it&rsquo;s mother came rushing in checking if hes bleeding (he was not he wasn&rsquo;t even scratched) the woman looked up at me seeing me slightly grin asking why I didn&rsquo;t help him.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I responded &ldquo;he isn&rsquo;t hurt so why do I need to help him&rdquo; she got pissy and said &ldquo;if he was bleeding from his head would you help?&rdquo; I said &ldquo;no probably not&rdquo;.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>She started having a go at me acting like I should of helped a random dramatic child up from the floor when he isn&rsquo;t even injured. I walked away and from a distance you could hear her yelling.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I can&rsquo;t tell if I wasn&rsquo;t the asshole or I was cause he ain&rsquo;t my kid he ain&rsquo;t my responsibility.</p> </blockquote><h2>Let&#39;s see what the Redditors had to say on this one.</h2><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/yedwgv/aita_for_not_helping_a_child_when_they_fell_over/?sort=controversial">naivedeath1489</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>NTA you&rsquo;re male. Protect yourself, I mean what if you had helped the kid and the mum yelled at you for touching her child&hellip; I mean if it was a serious accident definitely help. But under those circumstances definitely NTA.</p> </blockquote><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TreadmillLies/">tredmillies</a> disagrees:</p><blockquote> <p>YTA. If a child falls and is crying it&rsquo;s basic human kindness to go over and ask &ldquo;are you ok?&rdquo; You don&rsquo;t have to scoop him up and do anything else but you failed to show basic empathy and instead you grinned like a heartless jerk.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/locomama83/">locamam88</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>NTA - chances are if you had helped, she&rsquo;d have a fit for you touching her child. Sometimes you just can&rsquo;t win.</p> </blockquote><h2>Looks like jury&#39;s out on this one. Should this man have gone over?</h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mom furious at man for not helping her child who fell; he asks if he was wrong.

When this passerby is faced with a moral dilemma, he asks Reddit:&quot;AITA for not helping a child when they fell over?&quot;offmychestthroaway writes: Today I (19m) was waiting for my girlfriend at our local park, I was waiting on a bench looking at ducks in the pond when a child right in front of me off his scooter (probably 6) fell over.  I laughed, not out loud, the child was crying being dramatic when it&rsquo;s mother came rushing in checking if hes bleeding (he was not he wasn&rsquo;t even scratched) the woman looked up at me seeing me slightly grin asking why I didn&rsquo;t help him.  I responded &ldquo;he isn&rsquo;t hurt so why do I need to help him&rdquo; she got pissy and said &ldquo;if he was bleeding from his head would you help?&rdquo; I said &ldquo;no probably not&rdquo;.  She started having a go at me acting like I should of helped a random dramatic child up from the floor when he isn&rsquo;t even injured. I walked away and from a distance you could hear her yelling.  I can&rsquo;t tell if I wasn&rsquo;t the asshole or I was cause he ain&rsquo;t my kid he ain&rsquo;t my responsibility. Let&#39;s see what the Redditors had to say on this one.naivedeath1489 writes: NTA you&rsquo;re male. Protect yourself, I mean what if you had helped the kid and the mum yelled at you for touching her child&hellip; I mean if it was a serious accident definitely help. But under those circumstances definitely NTA. tredmillies disagrees: YTA. If a child falls and is crying it&rsquo;s basic human kindness to go over and ask &ldquo;are you ok?&rdquo; You don&rsquo;t have to scoop him up and do anything else but you failed to show basic empathy and instead you grinned like a heartless jerk. locamam88 writes: NTA - chances are if you had helped, she&rsquo;d have a fit for you touching her child. Sometimes you just can&rsquo;t win. Looks like jury&#39;s out on this one. Should this man have gone over?

When this passerby is faced with a moral dilemma, he asks Reddit:  &quot;AITA for not helping a child when they fell over?&quot;  offmychestthroaway writes:   Today I (19m) was waiting for my girlfriend at our local park, I was waiting on...